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CBS News:
Reporting Lag In Cheney Shooting — (CBS/AP) Questions are being raised about why it took the Bush administration a full day to disclose the news that Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a companion on a weekend hunting trip. — The incident occurred Saturday but was not reported publicly …
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Ian / Expose the Left:
White House Press Briefing Turns Into Shoutfest and Game of 'Gotcha' (VIDEO) — The White House Press Corps is hammering WH Press Secretary Scott McClellan over the Cheney hunting incident. The whole press event was a 20 minute reiteration-fest because McClellan had to explain the event several times.
ReddHedd / firedoglake:
Not a Laughing Matter — I'm going to out something from my childhood this morning: I grew up in West Virginia, and I used to go hunting with my dad as a kid. I never actually shot any animals — I was too much of a softie, and spent my time in the woods with my dad feeding peanuts …
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
McClellan: Bush Told About Texas Shooting Saturday—But Not Cheney's Role — NEW YORK Reporters at White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's Monday morning press "gaggle" peppered him with questions about the 18-hour delay in any word emerging on Vice President Cheney's shooting incident in Texas on Saturday.
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Republicans' Report on Katrina Assails Response — WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — House Republicans plan to issue a blistering report on Wednesday that says the Bush administration delayed the evacuation of thousands of New Orleans residents by failing to act quickly on early reports that the levees had broken during Hurricane Katrina.
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The Heretik, Balloon Juice, Happy Furry Puppy Story …, Bark Bark Woof Woof and Mathew Gross
John Podhoretz / The Corner on National Review Online:
WHAT CHENEY MUST DO — This story is a very big deal, despite all the mitigating factors — the accident involved a friend, his medical team was right there to help, and all that. Something like this has never happened before, and it is a genuinely disturbing thing to think that the vice president …
Newsdesk / Chicago Tribune:No lights, no cameras, but plenty of action at the White House
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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:More Questions Raised About Delay in Reporting Cheney Misfire
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Michelle Malkin:
AL GORE SLANDERS AMERICA — Speaking from a country that sent us the majority of the 9/11 hijackers and from a conference that banned Denmark for daring to speak up against Islamist bullies, Al Gore this weekend blasted the United States for its "abuses" against Arabs:
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Jim Krane / Associated Press:Gore Laments U.S. 'Abuses' Against Arabs
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Larisa Alexandrovna / rawstory.com:
Outed CIA officer was working on Iran, intelligence sources say — The unmasking of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson by White House officials in 2003 caused significant damage to U.S. national security and its ability to counter nuclear proliferation abroad, RAW STORY has learned.
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The Washington Note, The Mahablog, The Huffington Post, Brilliant at Breakfast and IntoxiNation-News …
Michael J. Totten:
Iraq Without a Gun — ERBIL, IRAQ - Until just a few months ago, Iraq was one of the last places in the world a normal person would want to fly into. Baghdad had the only international airport in the country, and you risked your life just taking a taxi to the kinda-sorta half-way "safe" Green Zone from the terminal.
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The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Spotsylvania Deputies Receive Sex Services in Prostitution Cases — They enter the massage parlors as undercover detectives. They leave as satisfied customers. — In Spotsylvania County, as part of a campaign by the sheriff's office to root out prostitution in the massage parlor business …
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Maggie Farley / Los Angeles Times:
Report: U.S. Is Abusing Captives — A U.N. inquiry says the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay at times amounts to torture and violates international law. — NEW YORK — A draft United Nations report on the detainees at Guantanamo Bay concludes that the U.S. treatment of them violates …
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:UN inquiry demands immediate closure of Guantanamo
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Gateway Pundit, Times of London, CALIFORNIA YANKEE, IntoxiNation-News … and The Left Coaster
Hilary Goldstein / IGN:
WonderCon '06: Holy Terror, Batman! — Batman kicks Al Qaeda's ass. Frank Miller's talks about upcoming book. — February 12, 2006 - During his WonderCon panel, Frank Miller discussed his next graphic novel. Once again, Miller returns to the world of the Batman, this time with Holy Terror, Batman!.
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Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
The Decline and Fall of Europe — Talk to top-level scientists and educators about the future of scientific research and they will rarely even mention Europe. — Feb. 20, 2006 issue - Cartoons and riots made the headlines in Europe last week, but a far less fiery event …
MSNBC:
Transcript for February 12 — TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: President Bush insists Congress was briefed about his plan for wiretapping without a court order. What information was shared? When, and in what form? With us, four of the very few congressional leaders who had notice …
William Easterly / Washington Post:
The West Can't Save Africa — It was the year that the West tried harder than ever to save Africa — 2005. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last January, British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for "a big, big push forward" to end poverty — to be financed by an increase in traditional foreign aid.
strategypage.com:
Why Terrorist Activity Is Down — February 12, 2006: The annual Shia Ashura festival brings out the faithful in large numbers, and was banned when Saddam ruled. Since then, terrorists have attacked the Shia participants, killing 55 in 2005, and 181 in 2004. This year, the terrorists were unable to kill anyone.
